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Poll: Draft by "End of Day" Means 5 pm, 8 pm, midnight, 9 am next day?

Also--your time or their time?
aromatic rough-skinned toilet seat
  01/05/26
your time eod 12am
black apoplectic striped hyena
  01/05/26
...
gaped temple
  01/05/26
Why midnight? Assume you don't have a reason to think the pe...
aromatic rough-skinned toilet seat
  01/05/26
“Assume you don't have a reason to think the people wa...
galvanic bull headed brunch
  01/05/26
eod = midnight cob = 1700
vigorous incel people who are hurt
  01/05/26
...
obsidian hissy fit
  01/05/26
Cr
multi-colored ticket booth roast beef
  01/05/26
...
disturbing french chef wagecucks
  01/05/26
"When it's done"
Well-lubricated histrionic gaping haunted graveyard
  01/05/26
What if it's not done until after EOD?
aromatic rough-skinned toilet seat
  01/05/26
Will flip this to you ASAP, thanks
Well-lubricated histrionic gaping haunted graveyard
  01/05/26
...
Charismatic digit ratio personal credit line
  01/05/26
depends on the context. court filing? midnight. in-house? li...
big mentally impaired friendly grandma menage
  01/05/26
Court filing is easy insofar as there will be a Local Rule. ...
aromatic rough-skinned toilet seat
  01/05/26
it depends on your office culture and who else is involved
big mentally impaired friendly grandma menage
  01/05/26
Biglaw trannies are also midnight, but 10 pm is far more app...
Spruce Gaming Laptop
  01/05/26
Setting an artificial 4 pm deadline is wild. If someone want...
aromatic rough-skinned toilet seat
  01/05/26
I’m absolutely swamped with poasts to make
smoky kitty house
  01/05/26
Yes. The point of the 4 pm deadline is for them to pretend t...
Spruce Gaming Laptop
  01/05/26
2pm if a scientist needs to review it
dead queen of the night lodge
  01/05/26
...
obsidian hissy fit
  01/05/26
...
Greedy cerebral state affirmative action
  01/05/26
...
Balding Insecure Indirect Expression Philosopher-king
  01/05/26
usually means "within the hour"
zombie-like poppy jap
  01/05/26
9 or 10pm
stimulating scourge upon the earth market
  01/05/26
Why those times? At 9, I might just be logging back on after...
aromatic rough-skinned toilet seat
  01/05/26
It generally means 5 or 6pm in the requestor’s time zo...
soul-stirring coiffed public bath masturbator
  01/05/26
What is requestor is in Europe? Or you're on west coast, req...
aromatic rough-skinned toilet seat
  01/05/26
in house it means 5 to 6pm. biglaw it means midnight.
Bespoke Party Of The First Part
  01/05/26
Cr.
Aphrodisiac plum milk
  01/05/26
...
Crystalline national athletic conference
  01/05/26
More precisely in biglaw, end of day means “before you...
Balding Insecure Indirect Expression Philosopher-king
  01/05/26
There’s going to be more punctuation at the end of tha...
soul-stirring coiffed public bath masturbator
  01/06/26
lol
Balding Insecure Indirect Expression Philosopher-king
  01/07/26
At the end of the day, what does it matter?
Seedy cuckoldry
  01/05/26
close of business means by 5pm, but end of day is anytime by...
primrose bateful faggotry electric furnace
  01/06/26
You got it reversed
Balding Insecure Indirect Expression Philosopher-king
  01/07/26
...
Balding Insecure Indirect Expression Philosopher-king
  01/13/26


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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:13 PM
Author: aromatic rough-skinned toilet seat

Also--your time or their time?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2в#49564535)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:15 PM
Author: black apoplectic striped hyena

your time eod 12am

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2в#49564546)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:18 PM
Author: gaped temple



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2в#49564549)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:20 PM
Author: aromatic rough-skinned toilet seat

Why midnight? Assume you don't have a reason to think the people waiting on the draft are going to do another turn in the wee hours of the morning. So, at that point, what's the differences with doing (and billing for) a few more hours and sending it at 3 am?

And at that point, what's the difference with waiting to send it at 7 or 8 am, before the next workday starts?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2в#49564561)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 4:50 PM
Author: galvanic bull headed brunch

“Assume you don't have a reason to think the people waiting on the draft are going to do another turn in the wee hours of the morning.”

what kind of penny-ante hobbyists are you working across from?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2в#49564839)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:18 PM
Author: vigorous incel people who are hurt

eod = midnight

cob = 1700

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2в#49564552)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:20 PM
Author: obsidian hissy fit



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2в#49564562)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:51 PM
Author: multi-colored ticket booth roast beef

Cr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2в#49564673)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:53 PM
Author: disturbing french chef wagecucks



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2в#49564678)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:19 PM
Author: Well-lubricated histrionic gaping haunted graveyard

"When it's done"



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2в#49564555)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:21 PM
Author: aromatic rough-skinned toilet seat

What if it's not done until after EOD?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2в#49564564)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:26 PM
Author: Well-lubricated histrionic gaping haunted graveyard

Will flip this to you ASAP, thanks

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2в#49564579)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 11:45 PM
Author: Charismatic digit ratio personal credit line



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2в#49565826)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:20 PM
Author: big mentally impaired friendly grandma menage

depends on the context. court filing? midnight. in-house? like 2pm.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2в#49564560)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:23 PM
Author: aromatic rough-skinned toilet seat

Court filing is easy insofar as there will be a Local Rule.

For other work, I don't want to scramble to get things done by 2 pm--especially because it means I might get the next round of comments back the same day. I want to chill while things build up throughout the day, then scramble through several things between about 4:30 and 5:20.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2в#49564569)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:38 PM
Author: big mentally impaired friendly grandma menage

it depends on your office culture and who else is involved

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2в#49564624)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:25 PM
Author: Spruce Gaming Laptop

Biglaw trannies are also midnight, but 10 pm is far more appreciated because it lets others bill easy hours before bed. Inhouse 2 pm is only west coast with east coast audience but most people specify “COB” and that means get it out by 4 your time so others have the option of reviewing before they leave to pick up their kids or after they put their kids to bed (they won’t actually review or respond for at least a week).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2в#49564576)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:31 PM
Author: aromatic rough-skinned toilet seat

Setting an artificial 4 pm deadline is wild. If someone wants to review it that day, they should say so and specify a time. People get jammed up with meetings, multiple agreements to review, poasts to make, etc.

Absolutely CR re "they won’t actually review or respond for at least a week," btw. There are two times for responses--5 minutes after you send and late next week.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2в#49564589)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:39 PM
Author: smoky kitty house

I’m absolutely swamped with poasts to make

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2в#49564630)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:42 PM
Author: Spruce Gaming Laptop

Yes. The point of the 4 pm deadline is for them to pretend that they are hardworking and for you to pass your own self-imposed shit test. But the logic of this makes sense the more exposure you have to senior execs/SVPs and other managers of managers who are running large organizations. Most of what they do is at least partially performative.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2в#49564645)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:25 PM
Author: dead queen of the night lodge

2pm if a scientist needs to review it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2в#49564577)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:39 PM
Author: obsidian hissy fit



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2в#49564629)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 5:06 PM
Author: Greedy cerebral state affirmative action



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2в#49564881)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 10:45 PM
Author: Balding Insecure Indirect Expression Philosopher-king



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2в#49565722)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:35 PM
Author: zombie-like poppy jap

usually means "within the hour"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2в#49564613)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:44 PM
Author: stimulating scourge upon the earth market

9 or 10pm

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2в#49564647)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:54 PM
Author: aromatic rough-skinned toilet seat

Why those times? At 9, I might just be logging back on after the kids go to bed. So, getting the draft out before I go to bed matches the EOD and my schedule better.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2в#49564680)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 4:47 PM
Author: soul-stirring coiffed public bath masturbator

It generally means 5 or 6pm in the requestor’s time zone if the person is either important or a client. In other cases it means before they log on the next morning.

Worst thing you can do is send it early enough to get comments back that night, after you’ve rushed to get it out, screwed off online for 90 mins to recuperate, and finally turned to the other work you were supposed to get done yesterday/today/last week.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2в#49564828)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 6:09 PM
Author: aromatic rough-skinned toilet seat

What is requestor is in Europe? Or you're on west coast, requestor is on east coast?

In either of those cases, it should mean before they log on the next morning.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2в#49565016)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 8:29 PM
Author: Bespoke Party Of The First Part

in house it means 5 to 6pm. biglaw it means midnight.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2в#49565377)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 10:26 PM
Author: Aphrodisiac plum milk

Cr.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2в#49565691)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 11:44 PM
Author: Crystalline national athletic conference



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2в#49565821)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 10:18 PM
Author: Balding Insecure Indirect Expression Philosopher-king

More precisely in biglaw, end of day means “before you go to bed and before I wake up.” But you better gird your ass if you misjudge that and get a “Where is the draft?” at 4 am.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2в#49565681)



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Date: January 6th, 2026 8:13 PM
Author: soul-stirring coiffed public bath masturbator

There’s going to be more punctuation at the end of that 4am email

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2в#49567806)



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Date: January 7th, 2026 3:05 PM
Author: Balding Insecure Indirect Expression Philosopher-king

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2в#49569664)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 11:45 PM
Author: Seedy cuckoldry

At the end of the day, what does it matter?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2в#49565824)



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Date: January 6th, 2026 8:15 PM
Author: primrose bateful faggotry electric furnace

close of business means by 5pm, but end of day is anytime by midnight for biglaw and by tomorrow dawn for mid-tier firms.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2в#49567815)



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Date: January 7th, 2026 3:06 PM
Author: Balding Insecure Indirect Expression Philosopher-king

You got it reversed

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2в#49569669)



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Date: January 13th, 2026 10:42 PM
Author: Balding Insecure Indirect Expression Philosopher-king



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2в#49587793)